With the Labo Pro, the Rotondes organize the third edition of their training week for artists. This year's masterclass for actors, singers, directors, artists and musicians is held by Ania Michaelis, with whom the Rotondes will be working on a new creation for small children during the 18/19 season. As representatives of Assitej Luxembourg, the Rotondes are working with various international partners to facilitate the participation of young foreign artists in Labo Pro.

Ania Michaelis follows the idea that all cultural constructions such as politics, religion, science and law have originally developed from playful behaviors, which have been solidified and institutionalized over time. These constructions can only be recognized by the thinking and playing man, the "homo ludens". The will to experience and perceive the world is inscribed in small children’s behavior. This is where the players and the child meet, both seek to embrace behavior and world through play. Together with the participants, Ania Michaelis will explore this idea and will be using play as a key to the world and search for personal access points to a new ideas or work.

Rotondes is a one-of-a-kind venue consisting of two abandoned railway roundhouses. The cultural centre hosts events that range from performing to visual arts, as well as numerous conferences, group projects and workshops for all ages. The Labo Pro masterclass encourages the encounter and exchange between artists who have a specific interest in working for and with young audiences.

Labo Pro was organized with the support of Oeuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte.

Zeitplan (Änderungen vorbehalten)

Mo 25.6.18 13:30 > 19:00

Di 26.6.18 09:30> 19:00

Mi 27.6.18 09:30> 19:00

Do 28.6.18 09:30> 19:00

Fr 29.6.18 09:30> 18:00 > 18:30 Werkstattschau

Ania Michaelis

EN Director, writer, actress. Her work has been invited to and awarded at national and international festivals. From 2009 -2011 she lead the theater o.N. in Berlin. In 2013, she initiated the first Fratz - international theater festival for very young audiences in Berlin, and from 2011-15 she was director for theater and puppetry of the tjg. theater junge generation in Dresden. Since 8/2015 she has been working as a freelance director, her theater family is the Theater oN in Berlin.